Getting Started

Getting Started


MATLAB® is a high-performance language for technical computing. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. This collection includes the following topics.
Introduction
Describes the components of the MATLAB system.
Development Environment
Introduces the MATLAB development environment, including information about tools and the MATLAB Desktop.
Manipulating Matrices
Introduces how to use MATLAB to generate matrices and perform mathematical operations on matrices.
Graphics
Introduces MATLAB graphic capabilities, including information about plotting data, annotating graphs, and working with images.
Programming with MATLAB
Describes how to use the MATLAB language to create scripts and functions, and manipulate data structures, such as cell arrays and multidimensional arrays.

Related Information

For more detailed tutorial information about any of the topics covered in this collection, see the corresponding sections in the MATLAB documentation. For reference information about MATLAB functions, see the MATLAB function reference.


 Introduction